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Arts, AV Technology & Communications

The Arts, AV Technology, and Communications career cluster prepares students for dynamic media, design, production, and communication careers. These industries require a blend of creativity, technical skills, and industry knowledge to ensure success in a fast-paced work environment. Skill standards outline the essential competencies needed for a safe, productive, and effective career, helping students build a strong foundation for future training and employment.

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Collection Audio/Visual Technologies
Audio/Visual Technologies
Collection Journalism & Broadcasting
Journalism & Broadcasting
Collection Literary Arts
Literary Arts

Creative writers, editorial writers, poets, and lyricists use their literary skills to create various types of literature.

Collection Performing Arts
Performing Arts

Employees in the Performing Arts entertain audiences either in live appearances or in recorded or broadcast presentations. The Performing Arts include music, drama, dance, standup comedy, and motion pictures...

Collection Printing Technologies
Printing Technologies

Employees in Printing Technologies operate the mechanical and electronic equipment used to print newspapers, books, magazines, and brochures and to post information electronically on the Internet.

Collection Telecommunications Technologies
Telecommunications Technologies

Employees in Telecommunications Technologies design, manufacture, install, and repair telecommunications equipment. Telecommunications involves the flow of information from one point to another. Voice connections...

Collection Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Employees in the Visual Arts are involved in the production of works experienced primarily through the sense of sight, such as paintings, drawings, photographs, and fashion. Employees in the Visual Arts include...

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Wood Canoe 2

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Wood Canoe
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In June 2002, an 18th century Cherokee canoe was found in the cold clear water of the Chattooga River. Early Cherokee canoes called dugouts were burned and scraped out of single tree trunks. The...
Topiary Garden 103

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Topiary Garden
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Hedges and trees in Pearl's garden appear to flow and weave into one another, often making it difficult to see where one plant ends and another begins. The effect is created by tying the tips of...
Spotlight 1

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Spotlight
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A typical Phil Greene canoe is a Spotlight of exotic and indigenous woods that were cut, sanded, carved and refined for six months or more. The canoes combine sculptural details with practical design...
The Land 115

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The Land
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After living in New York and Atlanta, Pearl followed his job with a packaging company to rural Bishopville, South Carolina. Though Pearl had no family in the area, he literally "put roots" down after...
Spotlight 1

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Spotlight
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The city of Sumter invited artists to experiment with nature-based art during its the Art in the Park event. Nature-based art is sculpture that uses natural materials, often materials found on-site...
Pulp Paper Process 10

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Pulp Paper Process
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Nancy Basket processes Kudzu fibers to make pulp paper for her distinctive art. Please note that Nancy is a trained professional, who uses equipment or procedures that would not be considered safe...
Touch the Earth 5

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Touch the Earth
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The nature-based art form blends natural materials, manmade construction and landscape into mysterious expressions of our relationship to the earth. The Serpent Mound in Ohio attributed to the Adena...
Spotlight 1

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Spotlight
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Since the early 1970s, Nils-Udo has reshaped the land to achieve "absolute purity," where, "every non-natural element is ruled out as impure. No other materials are used but those found in each...
A Natural State 6

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A Natural State
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Rustic furniture has been around for a very long time, often languishing in attics and barns in rural areas. Some fine examples of rustic furniture were a legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps...
A Natural State - Create a Bentwood Trellis - Episode 9 A Natural State 1

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A Natural State
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Jimmie is a self-taught craftsman, who initially picked up the art of fashioning vines and branches into wreaths and baskets while caring for an ailing parent. He honed his art and moved into the...
Spotlight 1

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Spotlight
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Clemson's Nature-Based Sculpture Program reinvents the art gallery as an outdoor experience where the sculptor's hand is revealed through exploration and discovery. There are no signs to lead visitors...
Touch the Earth 7

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Touch the Earth
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Artworks in the nature-based sculpture program are categorized as "ephemeral" and "extended ephemeral." Ephemeral work has a relatively short life span. Works like Patrick Daugherty's Sittin' Pretty...
South Carolina to New York | Artopia

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South Carolina to New York | Artopia
Widely considered one of the finest young painters working in America today, Brian Rutenberg has gained an international audience with his landscape based abstractions. The artist received his BFA...
Brian Rutenberg's Paintings | Artopia Drawing & Inspiration | Artopia

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Drawing & Inspiration | Artopia
Brian Rutenberg explains how he begins his paintings with drawings. His inspiration is often drawn from the South.
Touch the Earth - Artforms & Materials | A Natural State - Episode 6 Collaboration 2

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Collaboration
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The Nature-based sculpture program is a collaborative project between artists, and students and teachers from a broad range of university studies. Horticulture, landscape architecture, English...
Apples & Studio | Artopia Computer Drawing | Artopia

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Computer Drawing | Artopia
Maria Manhattan shows how she adds color and shadow to bring her computer drawing more to life.
Apples & Studio | Artopia Storyboard Animations | Artopia

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Storyboard Animations | Artopia
Maria Manhattan shows how she uses a stylus and a tablet to draw on a computer inside Adobe Illustrator.